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March MS Awareness Month Madness

March MS Awareness Month Madness

  I’m going to phone this one in and re-run an older My Odd Sock.  (You probably forgot about this one anyway!)    The month of March is widely recognized for two exciting events. March is not only known for being “MS Awareness Month, but also the time of year for the NCAA basketball Championships. …

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The MS Olympics

The MS Olympics

      Every four years, MSers from around the globe gather together in competition. Their quest? To determine who is the strongest… who is the fastest… and who has the best bladder control.   It is the MS Olympics! And Team My Odd Sock is there to soak up any endorsement deals and surely …

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MS Texting Shortcuts

MS Texting Shortcuts

      Today, texting has become a popular vehicle of communication. People of all ages use texting, rather than calling, as their preferred choice of sharing information.   Texting has spawned a whole new, Internet language of word & phrase shorthand to aid in rapid conversation.   Not to be left out, those of …

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Swiss Army Knife of Treatment

Swiss Army Knife of Treatment

  The Swiss Army Knife. First introduced in 1859, this baby was the cat’s meow of knives! The Swiss Army Knife was decked out like a pimp’s Cadillac Coupe DeVille.  It’s the McGyver of cutlery!   Boasting not only a main blade and a smaller blade too…..plus, tweezers, a toothpick, corkscrew, can-opener, flat-head screwdriver, Phillips-head …

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Foot Droppings

Foot Droppings

I have Multiple Sclerosis. A disease officially diagnosed by a medical doctor in September of 1996 or 1997 (I can never remember which year!). One of my MS characteristics is “foot drop.”   My foot drop was a self-diagnosis after “face-meeting-pavement” a few hundred times over the years. I’ve always found the term “foot drop” …

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